# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import os from shutil import rmtree def remove(path): if os.path.exists(path): if os.path.isdir(path): rmtree(path) else: os.remove(path) # find all indices of a list of strings that match a regex def findall_regex(items, regex): found = list() for i in range(0, len(items)): k = regex.match(items[i]) if k: found.append(i) k = None return found def split_by_regex(items, regex): splits = list() indices = findall_regex(items, regex) if not indices: splits.append(items) return splits # Add first chunk before first match splits.append(items[0 : indices[0]]) # Add chunks between matches for i in range(len(indices) - 1): splits.append(items[indices[i] : indices[i + 1]]) # Add final chunk after last match splits.append(items[indices[-1] :]) return splits # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/377017/test-if-executable-exists-in-python def which(program): def is_exe(fpath): return os.path.isfile(fpath) and os.access(fpath, os.X_OK) fpath, fname = os.path.split(program) if fpath: if is_exe(program): return program else: for path in os.environ['PATH'].split(os.pathsep): path = path.strip('"') exe_file = os.path.join(path, program) if is_exe(exe_file): return exe_file return None